Five BJP activists were arrested after a slipper was hurled at Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan's car in Madurai. The minister was returning after paying homage to a slain Indian army soldier hailing from the district.
Rifleman D. Lakshmanan, a resident of T Pudupatti village in the district, was among the army personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri on Thursday. His mortal remains were brought to the village on Saturday for the last rites.
According to reports, an altercation erupted after the minister questioned the presence of BJP workers at a government function held to pay tribute to the slain soldier. The DMK claimed that the place meant for paying tributes was packed with party workers from the BJP.
Thiaga Rajan was leaving for the airport when some suspected BJP workers blocked his car, even as a slipper hurled at the vehicle got stuck in its wind screen.
